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<h1 class="title topictitle1" id="ariaid-title1">Configuring a remote syslog server</h1>

<div class="body conbody"><p class="shortdesc">You can configure a remote syslog-compatible log server
to act as a single, centralized repository for all log messages that
are forwarded from the following <span class="ph">Eclipse Amlen</span> logs: <code class="ph codeph"><span class="ph">imaserver</span>-default.log</code>, <code class="ph codeph"><span class="ph">imaserver</span>-connection.log</code>, <code class="ph codeph"><span class="ph">imaserver</span>-security.log</code>, <code class="ph codeph"><span class="ph">imaserver</span>-admin.log</code>,
and <code class="ph codeph"><span class="ph">imaserver</span>-mqconnectivity.log</code>.</p>
<p class="p">All messages logged to these files are forwarded to a remote syslog server when log message forwarding is enabled. The <code class="ph codeph">webui-messages*.log</code> files are not forwarded. </p>
<div class="p">When log messages are forwarded, a facility keyword is applied
to each message according to the <span class="ph">Eclipse Amlen</span> log file which
contains the forwarded message, as follows:
<table class="table"><caption><span class="table--title-label">Table 1. </span><span class="title">Facility keywords are applied to log messages
that are forwarded to a remote syslog server. The facility keyword
is based on the <span class="ph">Eclipse Amlen</span> log
file which contains the forwarded message. The first column details
the <span class="ph">Eclipse Amlen</span> log file,
and the second column details the facility keyword.</span></caption><colgroup><col><col></colgroup><thead class="thead">
<tr class="row">
<th class="entry" id="ad00330___entry__1"><span class="ph">Eclipse Amlen</span> log file </th>
<th class="entry" id="ad00330___entry__2">Facility keyword</th>
</tr>
</thead><tbody class="tbody">
<tr class="row">
<td class="entry" headers="ad00330___entry__1"><code class="ph codeph"><span class="ph">imaserver</span>-default.log</code></td>
<td class="entry" headers="ad00330___entry__2">kern</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row">
<td class="entry" headers="ad00330___entry__1"><code class="ph codeph"><span class="ph">imaserver</span>-connection.log</code></td>
<td class="entry" headers="ad00330___entry__2">local0</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row">
<td class="entry" headers="ad00330___entry__1"><code class="ph codeph"><span class="ph">imaserver</span>-security.log</code></td>
<td class="entry" headers="ad00330___entry__2">authpriv</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row">
<td class="entry" headers="ad00330___entry__1"><code class="ph codeph"><span class="ph">imaserver</span>-admin.log</code></td>
<td class="entry" headers="ad00330___entry__2">cron</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row">
<td class="entry" headers="ad00330___entry__1"><code class="ph codeph"><span class="ph">imaserver</span>-mqconnectivity.log</code></td>
<td class="entry" headers="ad00330___entry__2">local1</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
You can use the facility keyword to filter the log
messages on the remote syslog server.</div>
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